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A WRITER in the Tribune, who appears to have had an inside view of Mormonism, declares that the danger which most threatens polygamy is that which arises from " the intense hatred of the system which exists deep down in the heart of every son or daughter born of polygamous union." " The husband of many wives may mani-fest indifference to any one of them; but to the support and protection of the mother there comes the strong and willing hand of the son, and in sympathy with her sorrows such consolation as a daughter may give is not withheld. A bond of union and of suffer-ing, to which the paternal head is not a party, may be said to exist in every polygamous family. Mother and children talk matters over and settle them among themselves. The decision may not be announced; but it is reached, nevertheless. It is unfavorable to polygamy every time. Here is the leaven which shall leaven this whole lump of Mor-mon mortality." It is easy to believe the truth of this state-ment, and to see that this large element in Mormon society, until now hardly able to make itself felt, is to have a powerful influence in determining the destiny of that people. The first genera-tion which has grown up under this system is just coming to the front; the young men and women who compose it are, as this writer asserts, intelligent and spirited, and the questions of the future are in their hands.

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A WRITER in the Tribune, who appears to have had an inside view of Mormonism, declares that the danger which most threatens polygamy is that which arises from " the intense hatred of the system which exists deep down in the heart of every son or daughter born of polygamous union." " The husband of many wives may mani-fest indifference to any one of them; but to the support and protection of the mother there comes the strong and willing hand of the son, and in sympathy with her sorrows such consolation as a daughter may give is not withheld. A bond of union and of suffer-ing, to which the paternal head is not a party, may be said to exist in every polygamous family. Mother and children talk matters over and settle them among themselves. The decision may not be announced; but it is reached, nevertheless. It is unfavorable to polygamy every time. Here is the leaven which shall leaven this whole lump of Mor-mon mortality." It is easy to believe the truth of this state-ment, and to see that this large element in Mormon society, until now hardly able to make itself felt, is to have a powerful influence in determining the destiny of that people. The first genera-tion which has grown up under this system is just coming to the front; the young men and women who compose it are, as this writer asserts, intelligent and spirited, and the questions of the future are in their hands.